SMALLVILLE'S BLACK CANARY

The promo clips spotlights Black Canary's sonic scream. The special effects are like waves coming from her mouth, accompanied by a shrieking noise. She says, "The city's a dangerous place. You should be prepared."

Click on the thumbnails for larger images from the clip and look for more on Smallville soon here in The Continuum.

THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ROUNDUP

Sandman will be the featured villain in the fifth episode of Kids' WB!'s upcoming The Spectacular Spider-Man.

Sandman will follow the introductions of Vulture, Electro, Lizard and Shocker in the series. The fifth episode is tentatively titled "Competition," and is written by Kevin Hopps.

In other Spider-Man news:

* Producer Greg Weisman said the series will open the night before the first day of Peter Parker's junior year in high school. "We wanted to sort of recast 1962 as 2008," Weisman said. "And the theme of our series is the education of Peter Parker."

* Look for creators of the show to appear at WonderCon in San Francisco on Feb. 23.

* In addition to J. Jonah Jameson, Daran Norris is providing the voice of Phineas Mason.

* Kids' WB!'s marketing is now including the March 8 launch date.

* Look for more Spider-Man news on Sunday here in The Continuum.

FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five- to six-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Logan #1 from Marvel Comics and North World, Book 1: The Epic of Conrad from Oni Press.

For covers and four- to six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Feb. 6,CLICK HERE.

For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Feb. 6,CLICK HERE.

APRIL SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP

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BRIEFLY

* Yahoo Movies has premiered the Super Bowl commercial for Wanted, the live-action movie based on the Top Cow comics series.

* Fox will rebroadcast the "Stewie Kills Lois"/"Lois Kills Stewie" two-parter of Family Guy on Sunday, Feb. 10. The Feb. 17 episode will be a new episode, "Back to the Woods," followed by a repeat of "Movin' Out (Brian's Song) on Feb. 24.

* HBO will air Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on Monday, March 10 at 6:40 a.m. and Friday, March 21 at 6 a.m.

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